27 September 2019
Accountable AI – can the law reduce bias and increase transparency?
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Governments are increasingly making use of AI tools to help with decision making, but they face a key challenge: ensuring fairness and maintaining public trust.

13 May 2019
Who’s next? Selling off German technologies in the electromobility sector
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/whos-next-selling-off-german-technologies-in-the-electromobility-sector

What do we want the car of the future to look like? This represents a definitive issue where the mobility of our generation is concerned.

19 November 2019
European Technology Summit 2019: A summary
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On October 30th and November 1st Feyo Sickinghe and Marjolein Geus hosted the Ntegra, Bird & Bird European Technology summit 2019 in the Netherlands. Feyo Sickinghe and Andy Jefferies, CIO at Ntegra selected start-ups ...

14 November 2019
When AI systems cause harm: the application of civil and criminal liability
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It’s fairly safe to say that, in the main, those of us who practice commercial law do not have sufficient expertise in computer science to assess whether any given computing system is based on artificial intelligence ...

03 December 2019
PSD2: transitional period for strong customer authentication for remote card payments in Italy
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/italy/psd2-transitional-period-for-strong-customer-authentication-for-remote-card-payments-in-italy

On 29 November 2019, Bank of Italy has issued a press release where it announced that it will grant an adjustment period until 31 December 2020 to comply with the PSD2 strong customer authentication (SCA) requirement ...

22 May 2019
IoT in the UAE and the maturing data protection landscape
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/iot-in-the-ua-and-the-maturing-data-protection-landscape

The UAE's new Internet of Things (IoT) regulatory framework is an important step in the government's IoT strategy. It is also a further indication of a shift towards federal data protection legislation in accordance ...

15 July 2019
Does access to data require a new approach in antitrust aftermarket cases?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/does-access-to-data-require-a-new-approach-in-antitrust-aftermarket-cases

This article examines the theory and practice of the European Commission on the subject of aftermarkets to date and what may be required to change as regards digitised markets

19 November 2019
Review of Danish outsourcing rules for the financial services sector
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/review-of-danish-outsourcing-rules-for-the-financial-services-sector

On 15 November 2019, the Danish Financial Supervisory Authorities (Danish FSA) published a consultation of a new bill with the aim of aligning the outsourcing regulation for financial institutions, including e-money and ...

14 June 2019
The Gmail Judgment of the Court of Justice: Some questions answered, new questions raised
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On June 13, 2019, the Court of Justice (CJ) announced its judgment in the Gmail case . The judgment provides the CJ’s view on a question that has been subject of a dispute with the German national regulator which ...

13 August 2019
Regulation of Digital Platforms in Australia and UK
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A look at the recent Australian and UK inquiries, and what the new wave of regulation of digital platforms (and, in Australia, media and journalism) might look like in 2019 and beyond.